GLADSTONE — One person is dead after two persons fell off of a personal watercraft near the Gladstone Harbor Friday afternoon.

Accord to a press release issued Monday, law enforcement responded to the waters of Little Bay De Noc near the Gladstone Harbor at 3:45 p.m. on Friday. Officers were responding to a report of two individuals reportedly in distress after they had fallen off of a personal watercraft.

Initial units on scene from the Gladstone Post of the Michigan State Police and Gladstone Public Safety were able to respond on the water with the assistance of a citizen and their boat.

According to the release, officers were able to locate and rescue a female subject from the water and bring her back to shore. Delta County Sheriff’s Department deputies arrived soon after in a patrol boat and were able to locate an unresponsive male. The subject was brought onshore to an awaiting ambulance and then transferred to St. Francis Hospital in Escanaba, where he was later pronounced deceased.

Neither person on the personal watercraft was wearing a life jacket and their identities have not been released.

Deputies were assisted by the Michigan State Police, Gladstone Public Safety Department, Delta County Central Dispatch, Delta County Sheriff Dive Rescue Team, Michigan Department of Natural Resources conservation officers and Rampart EMS.